What is Appalachia? Just ask Carissa Massey, assistant professor of art history. Last Friday, Massey gave a presentation on “Appalachian Museums: Craft Revivals, Tourism and Cultural Identity” as part of the Brown Bag Scholarship Series. Massey, originally from the Appalachian region in West Virginia, gathered her information during a summer research session. Her goal...
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Food Festival serves diverse tastes at AC
The Adrian College multicultural department held its fourth annual Global Food Festival Nov. 5 in Caine Student Center from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. The festival was organized by director of multicultural programs Idali Feliciano, who has been planning the event for three weeks. Food from several different cultures including Morocco, Puerto Rico, Cuba,...
Institute of Study Abroad provides experience, options
Adrian College is a school that has a number of unique opportunities and experiences to offer the students. One of the organizations that sets AC apart from other universities is the Institute for Study Abroad. The Institute provides AC students with a chance to take courses and learn in other countries around the world....
Wu brings cultural learning to students
As the student population here at Adrian College continues to grow each year, so does the need for new professors to educate these upcoming pupils. Yanhong Wu, assistant professor of sociology, is one of those recently hired professors to accommodate the increasing class size. Wu was born two hours south of Shanghai in Hangzhou,...